The Tunkhannock Viaduct

PHASE 1: The opening of the Nicholson Viaduct, 1915
Directions:
Read the websites below - both are primary source documents about the opening and construction of the Tunkhannock (formerly Nicholson) Viaduct.

http://explorepahistory.com/odocument.php?docId=199

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=pphhdatapage&fileName=pa/pa1600/pa1629/data/hhdatapage.db&recNum=1&itemLink=r?pp/PPALL:@field(NUMBER+@(pa1629

Assignment:
Use the NARA worksheet for documents to analyze the primary source document: The Opening of the Nicholson Viaduct, 1915



PHASE 2: Building Pennsylvania's Railroads: The Story of Capital and Labor
Directions:
1. Read the website below:
http://explorepahistory.com/story.php?storyId=19&chapter=2

2. Look over the political cartoons from the Images of the Railroad website
http://sophia.smith.edu/~maldrich/introduction.html

Assignment:
Choose 2 political cartoons from the sophia.smith.edu website - Images of the Railroad
Using the NARA worksheets - analyze the 2 cartoons you have chosen





PHASE 3: Railroad Geography
Assignment:
Using the links provided and the blank map of Pennsylvania - redraw and identify the significant rail lines, include on your map the borders of Wyoming, Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties as well as local landmarks. These landmarks could include towns, businesses, school, historical markers, water, land etc.(Location of the Tunkhannock Viaduct must be included on your map)

Map Websites:
http://menotomymaps.com/map_img.asp?p=map_fdbdown.asp?72&mak=1886_Pennsylvania_rail_map
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/el/map/1882-map.jpg
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/el/map/erie-east-1914.gif
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/el/map/dlw-map-scra.gif


PHASE 4: Images of the Tunkhannock Viaduct and Railroads

http://www.historicbridges.org/pennsylvania/tunkhannock/photos.htm

http://www.northeast.railfan.net/scranton1.html

http://explorepahistory.com/displayinteractive.php?storyId=19&interId=8

PHASE 5: Music of the Rails
Directions:
Listen to both versions of the audio recordings of Casey Jones through the links provided:

http://www.last.fm/music/Grateful+Dead/_/Casey+Jones

http://ia311536.us.archive.org/2/items/AmericanQuartetWithBillyMurray/AmericanQuartetWithBillyMurray-CaseyJones1910StereoRemake.mp3

Assignment:
Use the Venn diagram to analyze both versions of the audio recording of Casey Jones